We would like to thank all our funders:

We would also like to thank all our partners in the Quick Reads project for their help and support:

NIACE • unionlearn • National Book Tokens
The Reading Agency • National Literacy Trust
Welsh Books Council • Welsh Government
The Big Plus Scotland • DELNI • NALA

We want to get the country reading

Quick Reads, World Book Day and World Book Night are initiatives designed to encourage everyone in the UK and Ireland – whatever your age – to read more and discover the joy of books.

Quick Reads launches on 14 February 2012

Find out how you can get involved at www.quickreads.org.uk

World Book Day is on 1 March 2012

Find out how you can get involved at www.worldbookday.com

World Book Night is on 23 April 2012

Find out how you can get involved at www.worldbooknight.org

Other resources

Enjoy this book? Find out about all the others from www.quickreads.org.uk

Free courses are available for anyone who wants to develop their skills. You can attend the courses in your local area.

If you’d like to find out more, phone 0800 66 0800.

For more information on developing your skills in Scotland visit
www.thebigplus.com

Join the Reading Agency’s Six Book Challenge at
www.sixbookchallenge.org.uk

Publishers Barrington Stoke and New Island also provide books for new readers.
www.barringtonstoke.co.uk • www.newisland.ie

The BBC runs an adult basic skills campaign.
See www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise

THE NO.1 LADIES’
DETECTIVE AGENCY

Alexander McCall Smith

The multi-million bestselling phenomenon

If you’ve got a problem and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s finest – and only – female detective and proud proprietor of the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Her methods may not be conventional but she’s got warmth, wit and intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. She’s going to need them all as she sets out on a trail that will lead her into some sticky situations and more than a little danger in this first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s much-loved series.

Abacus

978-0-349-11675-4

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